Malacorhinus
| Malacorhinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Galerucinae |
| Tribe: | Metacyclini |
| Genus: | Malacorhinus Jacoby, 1887 |
Malacorhinus is a genus of skeletonizing leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. There are about 30 described species in Malacorhinus. They are found in North America and the Neotropics.[1][2][3]
In Australia, the species Malacorhinus irregularis was introduced to Northern Territory in 2000 as a biological control agent against the weed Mimosa pigra.[4][5]
Species[edit]
These 10 species belong to the genus Malacorhinus:
- Malacorhinus acaciae (Schaeffer, 1906)
- Malacorhinus apicalis Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus biplagiatus Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus decempunctatus Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus dilaticornis Jacoby, 1887
- Malacorhinus exclamationis Jacoby, 1892
- Malacorhinus foveipennis (Jacoby, 1879)
- Malacorhinus irregularis (Jacoby, 1887)
- Malacorhinus knullorum Wilcox, 1951
- Malacorhinus tilghmani Mignot, 1970 (replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctatus (Jacoby, 1879))[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Malacorhinus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Malacorhinus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Malacorhinus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Biological Control of Mimosa – Malacorhinus – Root Feeding Beetle" (PDF). Northern Territory Government. January 2018. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ "Mimosa meets its matches". News in Science. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Mignot, E.C. (1970). "A replacement name for Malacorhinus tripunctata (Jacoby) Galerucinae: Chrysomelidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 24 (2): 59.
Further reading[edit]
- Nie, R-E; Bezděk, J.; Yang, X-K (2017). "How many genera and species of Galerucinae s. str. do we know? Updated statistics (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). In: Chaboo CS, Schmitt M (Eds) Research on Chrysomelidae". ZooKeys (720): 91–102. Bibcode:2017ZooK..720...91N. doi:10.3897/zookeys.720.13517. PMC 5740445. PMID 29290727.
- Wilcox, John A. (1965). A Synopsis of the North American Galerucinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). New York State Museum and Science Service.
- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae). Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.
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